City Heights resident uses found objects in her exploration of the human body and its commodification
Halfway through our conversation at her City Heights home she admits that she’s had to limit herself to how many times she goes to swap meets because she knows she’ll end up coming back with all sorts of knick-knacks, curiosities and ephemera.
A painting of human legs by San Diego multidisciplinary artist Tarrah Aroonsakool in her City Heights studio. This exploration of “exaggerated bodily elements” and the “capitalist-promoted fetishistic gaze,” as she puts it, is something Aroonsakool has deftly explored since moving back to San Diego five years ago. Born and raised in the South Bay, growing up in National City and Bonita, she was often drawn to outsider art and ceramics. It’s likely what led her to eventually move to New Orleans, where she lived for six years. At the time, she says she had a very narrow outlook on the San Diego art scene.
“I found some cardboard boxes and started to paint on them. I ended up really liking the oil stains that would be on there,” says Aroonsakool, adding that it made her think “inside the box.” She’s kept that mindset since, incorporating everyday objects, found materials and household items into her work.
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